Career Coaching

Helen Sanders provides coaching and advice to people considering career changes. We asked Helen to share some of her tips and experiences.

Tell us a little about your work in career coaching and what you most enjoy about this.....

I enjoy talking to people about finding just the right job for them. Most people spend more time in their job than they do at home so it is really important to do so something that is right for you. I initially started off working in recruitment and I met so many people who were at a crossroads in their career and were working out what to do next. You know when you meet someone and you can tell they are not happy in their work and you know there is something else inside them that they are waiting to discover? Often, it just takes someone else to help them to find a route through to that.

Stuck Part 1

By Jan Shankar

Remember the scene in "Groundhog Day" where Bill Murray's character gets stuck in the same day every time he wakes up each morning and just cannot move on? Same food, same events, same routines, same people, same weather, same conversations, same day at work. Over and over again. Imagine how strange that would be and how out of control you would feel in that situation. Unable to make changes and not in control of your own destiny. Knowing that every single thing you did at work that day would produce exactly the same result as it did yesterday and the day before. But that's just a piece of fiction, isn't it?

In real life, we fortunately have a lot more control of our destiny - however, sometimes it may not feel that way. It's not unusual for people to go through phases of feeling like they are stuck in a "freeze-frame" mode and unable to move forward. As if they are treading water or going through the motions. Given how much of our lives we spend at our work, it is vital we can recognise any "Groundhog Day" signs and work to shake them off so that we can reclaim our sense of focus and direction.